open wide

I am not a fan of the dentist, after having a gazillion milk teeth removed as a kid, I think it's kinda understandable. I shared my fears with Miss Mouse as she LOVES the dentist and she patted me on my hand and said "Don't worry mom, it won't hurt, it will be fine, believe me!" oh your faith blows me away honey and gave me strength. Now, if you don't know Gru from Despicable Me, then the following might be lost on you.

So I walk in, yes, he looks like a very nice dentist - slightly concerned that his eyes are not working in tandem, but hey, that might be a bonus. Then he spoke! OMG it was Gru, but in another body "Meees Stone, on your form you said you have asthma, do you need a pump?" -not unless I'm running a marathon "Ah ha ha, iiiit iis not expected for you to run a marathon today....ha ha" really? are the kgb about to break down my door and make me run a marathon another day? "Now, let's see, open wide" OMG!!! "When did you move from Scotland?" Um, never "But your accent sounds like the other patients from Scotland" he frowns as he says this, and I am presented with a choice - make the nice Russian look like a fool or just nod and smile as best one can when one has a pick and a Russian hand in one's mouth. I choose the latter. Now I have a dodgy filling from my last dentist which has caused problems and this is making my new dentist almost howl in delight as he prods and picks to figure out what is causing the pain "Meees Stone, I am going to smoooooth it over. Iiiit's just a little drill" okay by me Addie who was sitting quietly gets a bit anxious when the machine inside my mouth starts emitting noise - 'Mama' she calls in anxiety "Iiiit's alright princess, Mommee is a bit busee now." OH MY GOD, HOW DID I NOT CHOKE ON MY TONGUE WITH LAUGHTER AT THIS POINT?????????? after some x-rays, it is deduced that I have a HUGE, GINORMOUS hole in the tooth next to the dodgy filling tooth and next week he is going to try and save it - apparently the pulp could be in a dire situation. He tells me this with great delight. I cannot help but feel very concerned, like maybe he missed his calling in his home country....... but he TOTALLY wins me over as I am about to leave "Meees Stone, how are you feeeeeling about this" - fucking terrified - if you go near my mouth with a needle I get very faint "Okaay, we give you the child's one first, to numb it, then the injection to numb iiit more, iiit's okay, iiit's great teeth just a liiitle bit of fixing." boy - do I get a sticker too? No seriously , Stefan my new dentist has the best chair side manner ever, and I actually left with a smile on my face, regardless of next week's liiiitle bit of fixing.